Agenda Reports Pack (Public) 15/10/2012, 19.00 - Meetings ...

MonthEnd 0 - 1 % 2 - 3 % 4 - 8 %9 -14 % 15 + %Mar-10 40 17% 38 16% 75 32% 71 30% 14 6%Oct-10 29 17% 25 15% 52 30% 59 35% 6 4%Apr-11 21 14% 21 14% 43 29% 54 37% 8 5%Oct-11 20 14% 16 12% 47 34% 49 35% 7 5%Mar-12 21 15% 14 10% 43 31% 46 34% 13 9%4.7 Those children over 14 who are subject to child protection plans aremainly siblings of younger children. Where this is not the case, this isusually attributable to immediate harm such as physical abuse, sexualabuse and, increasingly, exposure to domestic violence.4.8 The majority of children subject to a Child Protection Plan are recordedunder the category of Neglect followed by Emotional Abuse, withincreasing recognition of the impact of domestic violence. As is seen inthe table below the category of Sexual Abuse remains low, howeverthere is some evidence of an increase in recognition and responseregarding this area of abuse.Month End Emotional Neglect Physical Sexual Multiple TotalMar-10 73 96 18 2 49 238Oct-10 62 71 12 5 21 171Apr-11 44 57 19 2 25 147Oct-11 39 50 12 8 30 139Mar-12 33 46 23 10 25 13780706050403020100D e c - 1 0F e b - 1 1A p r - 1 1J u n - 1 1A u g - 1 1O c t - 1 1D e c - 1 1F e b - 1 2M a r - 1 2Emotional Neglect Physical Sexual MultipleCare Proceedings4.9 We have had a slight increase in the number of care proceedingscases in the last year, with the monthly average number of cases incourt now at 52, up from 49 in 2009. In total this relates to 82 childrenper month.4.10 There has been a continuing concern in relation to the courts notmaking interim care orders when applications are made to removechildren from home due to actual or suspected abuse. This trend hasseen a significant rise in children remaining at home whilstPage 205